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Perfect Egg

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ISBN-10: 1582346046

ISBN-13: 9781582346045

Edition: 2005

Authors: Aldo Buzzi, Saul Steinberg, Guido Waldman

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A witty and erudite little book about the joys of food, with line drawings by "New Yorker artist Saul Steinberg. "The writer who never talks about eating, about appetite, hunger, food, about cooks and meals, arouses my suspicion, as though some vital element were missing in him." Scholarly, playful, idiosyncratic, and witty, Aldo Buzzi's "The Perfect Egg is an excursion into the food that has obsessed, provoked, and intrigued the author through his life. A book of genial and highly refined chat, enriched with personal anecdotes, recipes, and quotations from literature and history, it is a tribute to the profound pleasures of food. Along the way, the reader discovers recipes from Italy,…    
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Book details

List price: $16.95
Copyright year: 2005
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Publication date: 9/6/2005
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 160
Size: 4.58" wide x 7.26" long x 0.62" tall
Weight: 0.484
Language: English

Aldo Buzzi was born in Como in 1910. He is an architect and an essayist who worked in Italian cinema and as a publisher for many years. Aldo Buzzi lives in Milan. Saul Steinberg (1914#45;1999) was one of America#39;s best#45;loved artists, renowned for the drawings that appeared in the New Yorker and for the artwork exhibited internationally in museums and galleries. He and Aldo Buzzi met in architecture school in Milan in the 1930s and remained close friends until Steinberg#39;s death.

Romanian Saul Steinberg is best known for his drawings in The New Yorker. He has won various awards for his drawings and watercolors. He is the author of several books of drawings, including The Passport, and The New World. He died in 1999.

Sopa de limap. 3
Watered Saladp. 9
Avgolemonop. 13
Sliced Chicoryp. 20
Olla podridap. 26
Spaghetti Bolognese, Overcookedp. 30
Augustus's Asparagusp. 32
The True Cookp. 35
Egg on Leeksp. 36
Sculpted Meatp. 40
Farfalle alla matricianap. 43
One-egg Omelettep. 48
Rabbit and Polentap. 52
Stuffed Pigeonp. 56
Finanzierap. 63
Galen's White Soupp. 68
Graveyard Stewp. 70
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